Racehorses can go from zero to hero in quick time

Aidan O’Brien has proven that a slow start to a steed’s career is not always a bad thing

How the old certainties can change, change utterly.

As a nipper who knew no dinner that did not involve potatoes, little did I detect the mannerly response of the American cousins when they made a visit to the old country were presented with what my mother knew to be a cup of coffee. Ireland was a black hole when it came to the black brew; one can imagine how the instant stuff tasted ...